plskthompson1
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I've been looking at ways to change the exhaust on my wing. Over the past summer I noticed that I had some leaks on the right side. They aren't much more than pin holes, but they are enough to bother me. I got to reading Roady's thread about using Sportster mufflers, and decided I might go that route. But instead of using sportys, decided to go a slightly different route.
Anyone that has seen Roady's right up knows that his are pointing just slightly upward from level, and still they look great on a naked bike. My bike is still a full dresser, so I wanted some that would look good coming from underneath the saddle bags, sooooooo. I went in to the HD shop close to where I work and ask what used mufflers they had for their dressers. After looking at me like I had three heads for a minute, the guy behind the counter goes to the back and gets me a set of mufflers from an 07 Dyna. Just the look I was going for. So after giving the guy $20 for the mufflers, he ask what I am going to use them on and I tell him that I have an 80 GoldWing that I'm doing the exhaust on. Again, here we go with the look like I have three heads.
I didn't want to cut the headers off of my original exhaust for two reasons, 1 the exhaust it self is still in relatively good condition minus the pin holes. 2 The pin holes can be welded up without much effort and then reused if I don't like the Dyna's on the wing. So, I stumbled across a set of headers from a 1000 that I got for $25 including the shipping. Not a bad deal considering the price they're going for on Ebay.
Now there is an issue with the mid pipe and hangers for the mufflers. For the hangers, I bought a piece of 1" bar stock and plan on making my own to mount on the bolts that hold the saddle bags on through the bottom. As for the mid pipe, I went to Auto Zone and picked up a flexible exhaust repair tube, the one's that you can bend to just about what every shape you need.
I cleaned the headers up and sprayed them and the flex tube with high temp black paint and then a couple of coats of clear just to bring back the shine. That stuff layed on so smooth it looks like they're powder coated. I'm still in the process of making the hangers for the mufflers and I need to get an adapter for the flex tube to fit the muffler, but so far they look really good, IMHO. I'll post pics and a video with sound once I get both sides completely done.
Anyone that has seen Roady's right up knows that his are pointing just slightly upward from level, and still they look great on a naked bike. My bike is still a full dresser, so I wanted some that would look good coming from underneath the saddle bags, sooooooo. I went in to the HD shop close to where I work and ask what used mufflers they had for their dressers. After looking at me like I had three heads for a minute, the guy behind the counter goes to the back and gets me a set of mufflers from an 07 Dyna. Just the look I was going for. So after giving the guy $20 for the mufflers, he ask what I am going to use them on and I tell him that I have an 80 GoldWing that I'm doing the exhaust on. Again, here we go with the look like I have three heads.
I didn't want to cut the headers off of my original exhaust for two reasons, 1 the exhaust it self is still in relatively good condition minus the pin holes. 2 The pin holes can be welded up without much effort and then reused if I don't like the Dyna's on the wing. So, I stumbled across a set of headers from a 1000 that I got for $25 including the shipping. Not a bad deal considering the price they're going for on Ebay.
Now there is an issue with the mid pipe and hangers for the mufflers. For the hangers, I bought a piece of 1" bar stock and plan on making my own to mount on the bolts that hold the saddle bags on through the bottom. As for the mid pipe, I went to Auto Zone and picked up a flexible exhaust repair tube, the one's that you can bend to just about what every shape you need.
I cleaned the headers up and sprayed them and the flex tube with high temp black paint and then a couple of coats of clear just to bring back the shine. That stuff layed on so smooth it looks like they're powder coated. I'm still in the process of making the hangers for the mufflers and I need to get an adapter for the flex tube to fit the muffler, but so far they look really good, IMHO. I'll post pics and a video with sound once I get both sides completely done.
